Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies (Part 5)

[David C Lawrence]

Archive-name: alt-hierarchies/part5

relcom
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Relcom.* is the hierarchy of Russian-language newsgroups distributed
mostly on the territory of the former Soviet Union (non-CIS countries
included). These groups are available in Europe and Northern America;
due to the 8-bit encoding (KOI-8) of Cyrillic letters, minor software
modifications may be required.

Newsgroups under the hierarchy relcom.commerce contain classified
advertisements and are relatively high-volume; the nature of the
information distributed in those groups may contradict policy of some
networks. However, they may be valuable for researchers and
businessmen interested in the first-hand information on the economics
of FSU countries.

Dmitri Martynoff <dm...@newcom.kiae.su> is the Relcom staff member
responsible for netnews -- contact him for more information.

relcom.accounting Everything about book-keeping.
relcom.ads Non-commercial ads.
relcom.advertising.theory Theory of advertisement and Public Relations. (Moderated)
relcom.answers Periodic information and FAQs. (Moderated)
relcom.archives Messages about new items on archive sites.
relcom.archives.d Discussions on file servers, archives.
relcom.arts.epic Literary arts of epical kind (more then 10 Kbytes).
relcom.arts.magick Discussing Magick and related subjects.
relcom.arts.obec.pactet FIDOnet area, literary arts, humor creation.
relcom.arts.qwerty Literary arts of small forms (less then 10 Kbytes).
relcom.banktech Discussions on banking technologies.
relcom.bbs BBS news.
relcom.bbs.list Ex-USSR BBS file lists. (Moderated)
relcom.commerce.audio-video Audio & video equipment.
relcom.commerce.chemical Chemical production.
relcom.commerce.communications Communications facilities, data channels.
relcom.commerce.computers Computer hardware.
relcom.commerce.computers.ctrlsystems Control and data gathering systems.
relcom.commerce.construction Construction materials and equipment.
relcom.commerce.consume Cosmetics, parfumes, dresses, shoes.
relcom.commerce.energy Gas, coal, oil, fuel, generators, etc.
relcom.commerce.estate Real estate.
relcom.commerce.food Food.
relcom.commerce.food.drinks Spirits and soft drinks.
relcom.commerce.food.sweet Sweeties, sugar.
relcom.commerce.household All for house - furniture, freezers, ovens, etc.
relcom.commerce.infoserv Information services.
relcom.commerce.jobs Jobs offered/wantedy.
relcom.commerce.machinery Machinery, plant equipment.
relcom.commerce.medicine Medical services, equipment, drugs.
relcom.commerce.mega.comp "Mega Pro et Contra" bulletin, computer hardware. (Moderated)
relcom.commerce.mega.tech "Mega Pro et Contra" bulletin, other equipment. (Moderated)
relcom.commerce.metals Metals and metal products.
relcom.commerce.money Credits, deposits, currency.
relcom.commerce.orgtech Office equipment.
relcom.commerce.other Miscelannia.
relcom.commerce.publishing Books, publishing services.
relcom.commerce.raw-materials Raw materials and semifinished items.
relcom.commerce.reckoning Barter, offsets, commodity credits, insolvency.
relcom.commerce.software Software.
relcom.commerce.software.demo Demo versions of commercial software.
relcom.commerce.stocks Stocks and bonds.
relcom.commerce.talk Discussions about commercial groups.
relcom.commerce.tobacco Cigarettes and tobacco.
relcom.commerce.tour Tourism, leisure and entertainment opportunities.
relcom.commerce.tradeserv Services providing commercial activities.
relcom.commerce.transport Vehicles and spare parts.
relcom.comp.animation Discussions on computer animation programs.
relcom.comp.binaries Binary codes of freeware and shareware computer programs.
relcom.comp.binaries.d Discussions of binary codes.
relcom.comp.clarion CLARION database management system.
relcom.comp.crosstools Internetwork, crosstools for embedded systems.
relcom.comp.dbms.clipper Clipper database development system.
relcom.comp.dbms.foxpro FoxPro database development system.
relcom.comp.dbms.oracle Oracle database discussions.
relcom.comp.dbms.vista db_Vista discussions.
relcom.comp.gis Geographical information systems.
relcom.comp.lang.basic FIDOnet area, BASIC programming language.
relcom.comp.lang.forth Inter-network, Forth programming language.
relcom.comp.lang.pascal Using of Pascal programming language.
relcom.comp.lang.pascal.misc Sources and materials, Pascal-kind languages.
relcom.comp.law Political and legal aspects of computers.
relcom.comp.newmedia Global networks as a new mass media. (Moderated)
relcom.comp.os.cmp FIDOnet area, comparison of various operating systems.
relcom.comp.os.os2 FIDOnet area, OS/2 operating system.
relcom.comp.os.os2.comm Communications and network under OS/2.
relcom.comp.os.os2.drv Device drivers for OS/2.
relcom.comp.os.os2.faq.d Discussions about FAQ on OS/2.
relcom.comp.os.os2.marginal Related topics on OS/2.
relcom.comp.os.os2.prog Programming under OS/2.
relcom.comp.os.os2.src Sources related to OS/2.
relcom.comp.os.os2.wanted Programs for OS/2 offered/wanted.
relcom.comp.os.vms VMS operating system.
relcom.comp.os.windows FIDOnet area, MS-Windows operating system.
relcom.comp.os.windows.nt FIDOnet area, Windows NT operating system.
relcom.comp.os.windows.prog FIDOnet area, programming under MS-Windows.
relcom.comp.security Computer data security discussions.
relcom.comp.software-eng Inter-network, software engineering.
relcom.comp.sources.d Discussions on sources.
relcom.comp.sources.misc Software sources.
relcom.comp.virus Computer viruses.
relcom.consumers Consumer info on products and services. No ads.
relcom.culture.underground Culture, arts, ideology of the underground.
relcom.currency Exchange rates in CIS countries.
relcom.ecology Ecological discussions. (Moderated)
relcom.education Education discussions, from pre-school to higher.
relcom.expo Exhibitions and fairs announcements and reviews.
relcom.fido.adinf.support FIDOnet, antivirii by DialogueScience.
relcom.fido.flirt FIDOnet, just talking of love.
relcom.fido.mo.phystech FIDOnet, about Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology.
relcom.fido.mo.sails FIDOnet, only sails here.
relcom.fido.ru.acad FIDOnet, AutoCAD, problems and solutions.
relcom.fido.ru.baby FIDOnet, all about children.
relcom.fido.ru.fax FIDOnet, discussions on faxes.
relcom.fido.ru.hacker FIDOnet, hackers and crackers (legal!).
relcom.fido.ru.military Inter-network, army and it's history.
relcom.fido.ru.modem Inter-network discussion on modems.
relcom.fido.ru.networks Inter-network discussion of global nets.
relcom.fido.ru.notes FIDOnet, about Lotus Notes.
relcom.fido.ru.photo FIDOnet, photography and related topics.
relcom.fido.ru.rsbank FIDOnet, discussion on "RS-Bank" software.
relcom.fido.ru.strack FIDOnet, digitized sound.
relcom.fido.ru.unix Inter-network challenge to OS Unix.
relcom.fido.ru.yachting FIDOnet, everything about yachts and cutters.
relcom.fido.su.astronomy FIDOnet, problems of astronomy. NO astrology!
relcom.fido.su.books FIDOnet, for book readers and lovers.
relcom.fido.su.c-c++ FIDOnet, C & C++ language.
relcom.fido.su.dbms FIDOnet, database management systems.
relcom.fido.su.dbms.borland FIDOnet, about DBMS by Borland.
relcom.fido.su.dbms.interbase FIDOnet, Borland Interbase Workgroup Server.
relcom.fido.su.dbms.sql FIDOnet, SQL language and servers.
relcom.fido.su.forth FIDOnet, Forth language.
relcom.fido.su.general FIDOnet, about everything except computers and commerce.
relcom.fido.su.hardw FIDOnet, computer hardware.
relcom.fido.su.magic FIDOnet, magic and occult sciences.
relcom.fido.su.softw FIDOnet, software in general.
relcom.fido.su.tolkien FIDOnet, creations of J.R.R Tolkien.
relcom.fido.su.virus FIDOnet, viruses and vaccines.
relcom.games Discussion of computer, deck and other games.
relcom.games.pbem Play by E-Mail games.
relcom.glb Life of sexual minorities.
relcom.humor Ha-ha-ha. Jokes, you know them, funny.
relcom.humor.lus Moderated humor and jokes. (Moderated)
relcom.kids About kids.
relcom.lan Inter-network discussion on local area networks.
relcom.lan.prog FIDOnet, programming for networks.
relcom.lan.wanted Programs for LAN wanted/offered.
relcom.maps Relcom maps.
relcom.medicine.blood-service Questions & problems of Russian Blood Service.
relcom.msdos MS-DOS software.
relcom.music Music lovers.
relcom.netnews Information about new network capabilities and services.
relcom.netnews.big General BIG articles.
relcom.newusers Q&A of new Relcom users.
relcom.penpals To find friends, colleagues, etc.
relcom.politics Political discussions.
relcom.postmasters For RELCOM postmasters, official. (Moderated)
relcom.postmasters.d Discussion of postmaster's troubles and bright ideas.
relcom.radio Radioelectronics, non-commercial.
relcom.radio.diagrams Diagrams and pictures for articles in relcom.radio.
relcom.radio.ham FIDOnet area, about Home Amateur Radio.
relcom.rec.puzzles Puzzles, interesting problems, logical games.
relcom.rec.puzzles.aux Auxiliary materials for relcom.rec.puzzles.
relcom.rec.tourism Hiking, sport tourism discussions.
relcom.relarn.general Academic subnet RELARN: general issues. (Moderated)
relcom.relarn.science Scientific publications and discussions. (Moderated)
relcom.religion Discussions on religions and related topics.
relcom.sci.libraries Discussion of libraries and related info. (Moderated)
relcom.sci.philosophy Philosophic discussions and related projects.
relcom.talk Unfettered talk.
relcom.talk.sport Questions and discussions on sport.
relcom.tcpip TCP/IP protocols and their implementation.
relcom.technology All about modern technologies and manufacturing.
relcom.terms Discussion of various terms and terminology.
relcom.test "Wow, does it really work?".
relcom.wheels Anything concerning auto/moto transport and sport.
relcom.wtc Commercial proposals of World Trade Centers. (Moderated)
relcom.www.support Computer support of WWW services, for professionals.
relcom.www.users WWW usage, announces of new services.
relcom.x X Windows discussion.

u3b
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Groups dealing with AT&T 3B{2,5,15,20,4000} computers -- everything
except for the UNIX PC/3B1. Both uunet and ames carry these groups.

u3b.config 3B Distribution configuration.
u3b.misc 3B Miscellaneous Discussions.
u3b.sources Sources for AT&T 3B systems.
u3b.tech 3B Technical Discussions.
u3b.test 3B Distribution Testing.

vmsnet
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This hierarchy is for topics of interest to VAX/VMS users (but not
necessarily VMS-specific). These groups are a project of the VMSnet working
group of the VAX SIG of the US Chapter of DECUS (the Digital Equipment
Computer User's Society). They are carried by most major usenet news sites,
and almost half of all netnews sites. To find a feed, contact the system
managers of news sites near you, and/or post to a local or regional
newsgroup and ask if anyone in the area is carrying the VMSnet newsgroups.

If you have tried these alternatives and still can not find a site in your
local area that carries the VMSnet groups, you can send mail to the VMSnet
Network Coordinator, currently Charles T. Smith, Jr. <c...@dragon.com>, who
will attempt to assist you in finding a feed for the groups. Alternatively,
you can send mail to the VMSnet mailing list <vms...@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>,
which is also gatewayed to the vmsnet.uucp newsgroup and ask for help.

In either case, be sure to state where you are geographically, and what
your constraints are. For instance, if you can only place local phone
calls, be sure to say just what areas are a local call for you. Also
describe your network connectivity (what networks you are on, your uucp
neighbors, etc.).

Here is a recent list of VMSnet newsgroups. NOTE: this is NOT the
definitive list of VMSnet newsgroups. The current definitive list is always
the most recent checkgroups posting in vmsnet.admin. It is posted monthly
or whenever the set of newsgroups is changed.

vmsnet.alpha Alpha AXP architecture, systems, porting, etc.
vmsnet.announce General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated)
vmsnet.announce.newusers Orientation info for new users. (Moderated)
vmsnet.decus.journal The DECUServe Journal. (Moderated)
vmsnet.decus.lugs Discussion of DECUS Local User Groups and related issues.
vmsnet.employment Jobs sought/offered, workplace and employment issues. (Moderated)
vmsnet.epsilon-cd DEC's free, unsupported OpenVMS AXP CD.
vmsnet.groups Administration of the VMSnet newsgroups.
vmsnet.infosystems.gopher Gopher software for VMS, gateway w/VMSGopher-L.
vmsnet.infosystems.misc Various infosystem software for VMS (WAIS, WWW, etc).
vmsnet.internals VMS internals, MACRO-32, Bliss, &c; gateway w/MACRO32.
vmsnet.mail.misc Other electronic mail software.
vmsnet.mail.mx MX email system, gatewayed to MX mailing list.
vmsnet.mail.pmdf PMDF email system, gatewayed to ipmdf mailing list.
vmsnet.misc General VMS topics not covered elsewhere.
vmsnet.networks.desktop.misc Other desktop integration software.
vmsnet.networks.desktop.pathworks DEC Pathworks desktop integration.
vmsnet.networks.management.decmcc DECmcc and related software.
vmsnet.networks.management.misc Other network management solutions.
vmsnet.networks.misc General networking topics not covered elsewhere.
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.cmu-tek CMU-TEK TCP/IP package; gateway cmu-openvms-ip.
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.misc Other TCP/IP solutions for VMS.
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet TGV's Multinet TCP/IP, gateway w/info-multinet.
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.tcpware Process Software's TCPWARE TCP/IP software.
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.ucx DEC's VMS/Ultrix Connection (TCP/IP for VMS).
vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.wintcp The Wollongong Group's WIN-TCP TCP/IP software.
vmsnet.pdp-11 PDP-11 hardware and software, gatewayed to info-pdp11.
vmsnet.sdk.openvms.fieldtest ???
vmsnet.sources Source code postings ONLY. (Moderated)
vmsnet.sources.d Discussion about or requests for sources.
vmsnet.sources.games Recreational software postings.
vmsnet.sysmgt VMS system management.
vmsnet.test Test messages.
vmsnet.tpu TPU language and applications, gatewayed to info-tpu.
vmsnet.uucp DECUS uucp software, gatewayed to vmsnet mailing list.
vmsnet.vms-posix Discussion about VMS POSIX.